[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have a (hopefully) simple question about scoping in python. I have a > program written as a package, with two files of interest. The two > files are /p.py and /lib/q.py > > My file p.py looks like this: > > --- > > from lib import q > > def main(): > global r > r = q.object1() > s = q.object2() > > if __name__ == "__main__": > main() > > --- > > My file q.py in the subdirectory lib looks like this: > > class object1: > t = 3 > > class object2: > print r.t > > --- > > Python gives me an error, saying it can't recognize global name r. > However I define r as global in the top-level main definition! Can > anyone suggest how I can get around this, if I want to define and bind > global names inside of main() which are valid in all sub-modules? > > Thanks very much for your help!
Might be wrong, but globals can only be global to the module they're declared in. I suggest you find another way such as passing your object as a parameter hg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
